*Official* WTC FINAL Australia vs South Africa 2025

[King Kane]

Finally Markram finishes it, they should have bowled him earlier.

He isn't SA's best bowler but he has a knack for breaking partnerships.

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Was 50/50 earlier but probably 75/25 or 80/20 Aus now. Can a couple of SA batsmen become stars?


Also chasing 280 they'll need to go at 3.5 to do it before there is a 2nd new ball.

 

[SeamUp]

20 runs less than the Aussies should have got...

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

281(such a very very special number in cricket) lead

 

[StephenZA]

20 runs less than the Aussies should have got...

At least 60 runs less than they needed...

SA vs AUS Cricket Scorecard, 3rd Test at Durban, March 15 - 18, 2002

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[Kenneth Viljoen]

282 sounds like a familiar target ..

Edgbaston 2005 anyone ?

Think Australia lost that by 2 runs

 

[Gremlin]

Copied from the BBC site

Should South Africa pull this off, it would be joint second-highest chase to win a Test match at Lord's alongside England's 282-3 to beat New Zealand in 2004.

The highest chase at the ground was the 344-1 that West Indies made to beat England in 1984.

 

[TheJediBrah]

From 73-7 to 207 and some people really say that lower order runs don't matter

Has one person ever actually said that

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

Got to give a lot of credit to Starc the way he played, he really does turn up in finals like few cricketers do

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Copied from the BBC site

Gordon Greenidge carnage

 

[ataraxia]

Has one person ever actually said that

You should read some of @kyear2's posts. (You shouldn't.)

 

[Kenneth Viljoen]

From 73-7 to 207 and some people really say that lower order runs don't matter

All runs matter , everyone has to bat after all.

 

[Gob]

This pitch is flatter than tjb's missus's chest. Should be a good game

 

[Coronis]

Has one person ever actually said that

You’re not from around here, huh?

 

[Spark]

People very often discount batting ability completely for bowlers in selection; I've seen pushback here against people seeing that if two bowlers are reasonably close in quality, you should pick the better batsman even if they're a slightly worse bowler.

 

[ashley bach]

Tail end runs are the best runs

 

[ashley bach]

Run rate required 1.1

Plus an extra day if they go slowly

 

[reyrey]

From 73-7 to 207 and some people really say that lower order runs don't matter

Yeah, but Starc was dropped early in the slips haha. They might have been all out for under 150 if that catch was taken.

 

[Burgey]

Highlight of the entire WTC cycle is this lunch time special on TOTAB.

The world’s greatest post-war cricketer. This is a hill I will die on.

 

[SillyCowCorner1]

Tail end runs are the best runs

Not on the farm